Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Information on trade union facility time in the public sector for 2023-24 and 2024-25 is published on gov.uk Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK. This includes the information requested for the Department for Work and Pensions. Information for 2025-26 is not yet available. The Department for Work and Pensions does not provide funding for trade union activities.